These MN School Districts Won, Lost Big Funding Votes: List

ST. PAUL, MN — Minnesota voters said no far more often than yes when school districts asked them for money Tuesday, rejecting 55 of 83 school ballot questions, according to unofficial results.

The questions came from 63 districts. Voters approved everything their district asked for in 21 of them and rejected everything in 38.

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Alden-Conger, Caledonia, Centennial and Robbinsdale each had mixed results.

The results come from the Minnesota Secretary of State, with all precincts reporting in each race as of Wednesday afternoon. They are not final until they are canvassed.

The biggest request of the night failed. Elk River Area Schools sought $350 million in bonds, plus a capital levy for $90 million in projects, for work that included a new high school in Otsego. Just 44.5% of voters said yes.

Robbinsdale Area Schools fared better with a similar-sized request. Voters approved $343 million in bonds with 52.9% in favor, along with a second $17 million question, but rejected a third question for $53 million.

Some races came down to a handful of votes. Centennial's $108.89 million bond question was losing 8,850 to 8,840, while the question in Lynd failed 257 to 247. In the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale district, an $800 per pupil levy failed by 337 votes out of more than 35,000 cast.

The results came on the same ballot in which more than 2 million Minnesotans voted yes on a constitutional amendment sending more money to schools without raising taxes.

Some districts now face hard choices. In Brainerd, where a levy failed, the district had warned of budget cuts that could include closing at least one more school and raising class sizes, KAXE reported.

InForum reported that Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton's levy failed for the second straight year, this time by a wider margin.

Here is every result, with the share of voters who said yes. Dollar amounts come from the ballot language. Per pupil levies help pay for day-to-day operations, while bonds and capital levies generally pay for buildings, equipment and other projects.

APPROVED

Alden-Conger (ISD 242): $1.25 million bond, 58.0%

Alexandria (ISD 206): Replace $595 per pupil levy with $2,225 per pupil, 51.7%

Austin (ISD 492): $24.9 million bond, 51.1%

Caledonia (ISD 299): $9.7 million bond, 55.4%

Centennial (ISD 12): $375 per pupil levy, 54.0%

Columbia Heights (ISD 13): $550 per pupil levy, 56.1%

Duluth (ISD 709): Per pupil levy of $438 in 2027, then $933, 63.8%

Duluth (ISD 709): Additional $382 per pupil levy, 60.1%

Eden Valley-Watkins (ISD 463): Replace $498.85 per pupil levy with $1,528 per pupil, 59.2%

Ely (ISD 696): Replace $347.99 per pupil levy with $1,775 per pupil, 62.0%

Fosston (ISD 601): Capital levy for about $6.7 million in projects, plus $3.24 million in bonds, 50.4%

Grygla (ISD 447): $665.15 per pupil levy, 52.0%

Henning (ISD 545): Replace $535 per pupil levy with $2,180 per pupil, 51.2%

Herman-Norcross (ISD 264): Use about $800,000 in existing bond proceeds for other projects, 70.1%

Inver Grove Heights (ISD 199): Capital levy for about $11.8 million in projects, 66.2%

Jackson County Central (ISD 2895): Replace $460 per pupil levy with $1,460 per pupil, 53.1%

Lanesboro (ISD 229): $850 per pupil levy, 53.7%

New London-Spicer (ISD 345): $1,358.94 per pupil levy, 55.6%

Perham-Dent (ISD 549): $1,135 per pupil levy, 52.9%

Prior Lake-Savage (ISD 719): Replace $623.97 per pupil levy with $1,740.97 per pupil, 54.1%

Prior Lake-Savage (ISD 719): Capital levy for about $38 million in projects, 53.0%

Red Wing (ISD 256): $12.86 million bond, plus a capital levy for about $15 million in projects, 52.1%

Robbinsdale (ISD 281): $343 million bond, 52.9%

Robbinsdale (ISD 281): $17 million bond, 50.5%

Rocori (ISD 750): Capital levy for about $5 million in projects, 51.9%

United South Central (ISD 2134): $22.895 million bond, 54.4%

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan (ISD 197): Capital levy for about $46 million in projects, 63.2%

Winona Area (ISD 861): Capital levy for about $16.8 million in projects, 61.6%

REJECTED

Albany (ISD 745): $1,147 per pupil levy, 29.8%

Alden-Conger (ISD 242): Capital levy for about $500,000 in projects, 47.8%

Benson (ISD 777): Replace $710.70 per pupil levy with $1,410.70 per pupil, 49.5%

Brainerd (ISD 181): $865 per pupil levy, 43.8%

Caledonia (ISD 299): $3 million bond, 47.7%

Campbell-Tintah (ISD 852): Replace levies of $1,283.17 and $1,045.89 per pupil with $5,229.06 per pupil, 34.1%

Campbell-Tintah (ISD 852): Capital levy for about $1 million in projects, 34.8%

Centennial (ISD 12): $108.89 million bond, 49.97%

Dawson-Boyd (ISD 378): Replace $460 per pupil levy with $1,300 per pupil, 42.0%

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (ISD 2164): $500 per pupil levy, 47.2%

East Grand Forks (ISD 595): $300 per pupil levy, 47.6%

East Grand Forks (ISD 595): $26.4 million bond, 49.8%

East Grand Forks (ISD 595): $10.9 million bond, 43.9%

Elk River Area (ISD 728): $350 million bond, plus a capital levy for about $90 million in projects, 44.5%

Frazee-Vergas (ISD 23): $993.83 per pupil levy, 45.8%

Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (ISD 2365): Capital levy for about $4 million in projects, 42.2%

Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (ISD 2365): $3.2 million bond, 37.5%

Glencoe-Silver Lake (ISD 2859): Replace $601.98 per pupil levy with $1,445 per pupil, 35.1%

Hayfield (ISD 203): Replace $646.12 per pupil levy with $1,250 per pupil, 46.1%

Hutchinson (ISD 423): $412 per pupil levy, 46.5%

Kasson-Mantorville (ISD 204): $500 per pupil levy, 46.3%

Kimball (ISD 739): Capital levy for about $6.6 million in projects, 43.3%

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (ISD 2071): $391 per pupil levy, 47.1%

Lake Park Audubon (ISD 2889): Replace $194.58 per pupil levy with $1,683.10 per pupil, 42.3%

Lake Park Audubon (ISD 2889): $600 per pupil levy, 40.8%

Laporte (ISD 306): $1,344.85 per pupil levy, 49.0%

Litchfield (ISD 465): $415 per pupil levy, 38.1%

Litchfield (ISD 465): $15.4 million bond, 39.6%

Lynd (ISD 415): $700 per pupil levy, 49.0%

Maple Lake (ISD 881): Capital levy for about $1.95 million in projects, 47.3%

Nevis (ISD 308): $11.1 million bond, 46.3%

Nevis (ISD 308): $6.05 million bond, 37.9%

Nevis (ISD 308): $425,000 bond, 40.8%

New York Mills (ISD 553): $22.16 million bond, plus a capital levy for about $2 million in projects, 45.7%

New York Mills (ISD 553): $2.6 million bond, 39.3%

New York Mills (ISD 553): $5.49 million bond, 28.6%

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale (ISD 622): $800 per pupil levy, 49.5%

Northland Community (ISD 118): $1,780 per pupil levy, 41.7%

Ortonville (ISD 2903): Replace $597.76 per pupil levy with $1,050 per pupil, 46.3%

Ortonville (ISD 2903): Capital levy for about $1.5 million in projects, plus $2.52 million in bonds, 45.1%

Park Rapids (ISD 309): $1,111.09 per pupil levy, 48.2%

Pequot Lakes (ISD 186): $1,160 per pupil levy, 48.3%

Pipestone Area (ISD 2689): Replace $474.26 per pupil levy with $1,500 per pupil, 38.4%

Randolph (ISD 195): $450 per pupil levy, 48.2%

Robbinsdale (ISD 281): $53 million bond, 44.2%

Sauk Centre (ISD 743): Capital levy for about $3.9 million in projects, 47.7%

Sebeka (ISD 820): $842 per pupil levy, 37.5%

Sibley East (ISD 2310): $850 per pupil levy, 39.1%

St. Charles (ISD 858): $650 per pupil levy, 45.0%

St. Louis County (ISD 2142): $3,160 per pupil levy, 41.8%

St. Louis County (ISD 2142): Capital levy for about $15 million in projects, 37.2%

Underwood (ISD 550): $1,591 per pupil levy, 46.8%

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (ISD 113): $1,847 per pupil levy, 47.3%

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (ISD 113): $553 per pupil levy, 45.7%

West Central Area (ISD 2342): $33.805 million bond, 48.5%